1st Edition
Discourse Dynamics in Participatory Planning Opening the Bureaucracy to Strangers
By Diana MacCallum
Copyright 2010
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book introduces the methodology of critical discourse analysis (CDA) to the study of participatory planning. CDA uses linguistic analysis to elucidate social issues and processes and is particularly suited to institutional practices and how they are changing in response to changing social conditions. Illustrated by two case studies from Australia, it examines the talk between the various... Read more
Chapter 1 The Age of Part Icipation; Chapter 2 Part Icipatory Planning: A Cross-cultural Meta-practice?; Chapter 3 Science and Politics: DOMM and SMRC; Chapter 4 Practice and Practicality: SOHE and HIC; Chapter 5 Deliberative Ideals: SMRC’s Decision Making; Chapter 6 Strange Practices: HIC’s Decision Making; Chapter 7 Opening the Bureaucracy;
Biography
Diana MacCallum, Griffith University, Australia
'Elegantly written and argued, Diana MacCallum's new work on participatory planning is essential reading for those wishing to understand the cultural dynamics of bureaucratic process in an age of "open government". Her analytical contributions to Applied Linguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis will no doubt be invaluable to future research.' Philip Graham, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
